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Emergency Meningococcal ACWY Vaccination Program for Teenagers to Control Group W Meningococcal Disease, England, 2015-2016.
- Source :
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Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2017 Jul; Vol. 23 (7), pp. 1184-1187. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 15. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- During the first 12 months of an emergency meningococcal ACWY vaccination program for teenagers in England, coverage among persons who left school in 2015, the first cohort to be vaccinated, was 36.6%. There were 69% fewer group W meningococcal cases than predicted by trend analysis and no cases in vaccinated teenagers.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Age Factors
England epidemiology
Female
History, 21st Century
Humans
Male
Meningococcal Infections history
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Immunization Programs
Meningococcal Infections prevention & control
Meningococcal Vaccines immunology
Neisseria meningitidis immunology
Vaccination
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1080-6059
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28409739
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170236